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The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1941-04-18

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The Amherst News-Times VOL XXIII, NUMBER i FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941 So. Main St. To Get Water Soon Wider cxtentions in the new Wottring allotment and along South Maln-Pt. wlil be made shortly. Council adjourned their Tuesday night meeting until tonight (Thursday) tor the purpose of pausing a resolution promising to repay the water company the full cost of the extentions if the village buyr, the water company within two years. The South Maln-st. extentions have been wanted by residents there for the past two years, but the uncertain future of the water company, due to council's declara tion of intention to buy the plant, caused the delay. Council tonight will also adopt a resolution to accept Sunset drive and ldlewood drive in the Wottring allotment. Acceptance by the village is preliminary to the installation of water and gas mains in the streets. Council also authorized the purchase ot two clock stations for the police. One will be placed at the Ohio Cut Stone plant and the other hold In reserve for use later. A resolution to issue notes in j'.'.illcipatWm of the issuance o bonds for tne Crosse-st. sewei improvement was passed. A resolution to employ an assistant clerk failed to pass as an emergency when Councilman Herman Rot-sing refused to vote in favor of it. Another resolution fixing the fees of Solicitor Milton Tried man for services in the JUcKett cases, ulso failed to pass when Ecesing Bald he wished to consider, the resolution further before voting on it. "Tin Hero" Set For Tonite and Friday It's Ham Actors Night tonight (Thursday) at the townhall, Svgrytmr.S is in readiness and a full house is expected for the first night presentation of "The Tin Hero," the three-act fa"ce 0f the Ham Actors' Assr.datl"on of the Amherst high -,chool. There will be a 8ecOr;d night Friday The asf,ciati0n is presenting the pl'y for the benefit of the Am!erst Band Mothers' club. !" The cast of "The Tin Hero" Includes Hnrjry Hall, Betty Shad-duck, Maynard Bruckef Betty Barris, Naomi Reichert, Albin Wncr, Leona Dybinskl, Jim VJiihelm, Elaine Bruce, Betty Roth, Marjorie Brill and Evelyis Rahl. There Will be tousle between acts furnished by Wayne Heller, Charles and Elaine Ha-mann, Ray Wragg and Jim Bauer.Circle To Sponsor Spaghetti Supper Mrs. Rose Plato, Mrs. Minnie Ttarcker, Mrs. William Schrader, Mrs. James Henry and Mrs. Joseph Henry were guests of circle one of St. Ann's society when members were entertained by Mrs. James liyun and Mrs. Floyd Lodge Mon day evening. Plans for an Italian spaghetti supper . were started during the business meeting. Committees for the affair were named by the presi dent, Mrs. Michael Wohlever but no date for the supper has been net. It will be announced In the near future. Routine bnsiness -was also conducted during the session. Tables were placed for five hundred and trophies were awarded to Mrs. Frank Franklin and Mrs. Albert Schmitz. Lunch was served nt small tables by the hostess. INSPECT MASONIC LODGE APRIL 29 Stonlngton LodKO, F. and A. M. will hold their annual Inspection Tuesday evening, April 29th. A. J. Plocher, district lecturer, will be the inspecting officer. At 6:30 dinner will precede the meeting, and wlll be served in the basement ot the Methodist church. Lodge meeting will open at 7:30 p. m. Chinese use kites wit whistles attached to drive off evil spirits. SPRING PLOWING Those warm, sunny days of hv trip farmpra nearKv I nnA were planted on the nearby farms. Top picture shows J. W. Portman plowing the field he will plant oats in: second picture shows P. Vanderoord and his daughter, Alida planting beets in their garden plot; third picture show Joe Rising behind the plow on a tract owned by Parker Baird, and in the bottom picture A. Reimer is plowing a garden tract. Clce Club At St. The Oberlin College Men's gram of sacred music at the St. Peter's Church. The Herald and Boston, Tuesday Morning, May 1. 1838 (By Mrs. F. R. Powers) Singular and Interesting Oc currence: A respectable woman having left her child, an Infant of 2 years of age, to play about the door while she attended to some nousenoia auues, wen she was disengaged to look for her charge. The urchin could, barely crawl, and she expected to find it at the door. There how- nl Ji t L ever, it was not, and the mother,, o in considerable alarm, called n'FnlflrffN MpmWsilin several of the neighbors, to in- ljIllargCS luemDerWlip quire if they had seen her child.! No one had seen it; and as con-j siderable time had elapsed in' making fruitless inquiries, the anxiety and tears of the poor wo-1 man became proportionately aug-, mented. Parents only can judge j bers were welcomed Into the of her feelings when no trace of; l-:urtie by Mrs. Charles Ebbs, the her child could be found. The, '- jder and Rev. ('. E. Schmidt wn neighbors kindly assisted hcr in In charpe of the pvening's service making strict inquisition i n p iose admitted into the group were every well, pig-stye, henroot, orij,.annB jt.iri, Marilyn Webster, out of the way corner, for the j nrothy Miller, Charts Woir. liny wandered wean. He was, how- i K()l.h c,rwe Vollmer. ever no where to be found, and; Th(i r dPVOl,onnl m,!(!tin as a last resource, it was resolved that the bell should be sent through the town. In the meantime the mother, in a state bor- dcrlng on distraction, went into her house to rummage every hole and bunker, bed and cupboard. While thus employed, one of her sympathizing friends happened to cast her eyes to the gable of a neighboring house, and there, with surprise and horror, discovered the lost child perched on a ladder, and within a few steps of Its very top, apparently quite and PLANTING 4 $ r I II . VrV . v -J'' S-ea iv Mi? i V c j: 4Uj iast week Were taken advantage mi nlrlwprl anrl oarApn ct fAa I Peter's Cliurcli Glee Club will furnish a pro IU:JU service bunday morning in Star Speaking delighted with its state of exaltation. A lady endeavored to induce the ambitious mite to come down; but no, it shook its head and sat fast. She then tried to go up the ladder, but half way up her head grew giddy, and she was obliged to descend without accompHshing hcr object. The mother was informed by this time that the chi,d was found but her may be more (Continued on page four) The Intermediate league or St. ''''ler's church ndmltted into its neiubership the six young people f the 1!H1 confirmation class Monday evenin,'. The new mem- The regular began with devotions led by Rob-i ert Rrucker mid as his topic he i tnd, "The Lord Is Risen". The preludo end call to worship was uiven by Ruth Schulz while Norma Barckert offered the prayer. The restirreotlon ttory according to the four gospels was read by Phillip Holllday, Richard Ehrman, Wayne Heller and Claire Coverdale. Games and contests concluded the evening's program with lunch served by Ruth Hasenpflug and Elaine Hamann. Builders Eye New Allotment Council's acceptance of Idle-wood drive again focused attention on a new section of Amherst that promised to become one of the prettiest residential sections of the town. This new section, winding through the old Shupe woods, first came to light a year ago last fall when the first street was opened. ldlewood drive is the second street in the section that retains much of the natural beauty of the Shupe woods, with its lore of early Amherst days. The first street was Foresthill drive. A third street, known as Sunset drive, is a continuation of Shupe avenue and later will be developed deeper into the woods to form a circle. Builders have already been attracted to the section. Mr. and Mrs. Hansman were the first to build and have been occupying their residence for some time. Other home builders who will be active this season are Dr. Marion Brandon, Henry Kane and Ray Kane all three of whom j will build on ldlewood drive, j and John Neisen, Hale Bcchtel ! and C. W. Knisple who are ex-I pected to build soon on Forest- hill drive. Five of the new houses planned will be of brick construction, while the sixth, that of Dr. Brandon, will be of frame and sandstone.By no means, however, is this considered all the building that jwill be done in Amherst this spring. All sections of the town ! show signs of building activity, ! with basements already dug, frames erected, and other evi- dunces of new homes indicating a building activity not exceeded 10 many "ea S' First Track Meet Friday Thfi local scliniil track team opens its sein'iui ut Clearview this Friday at t 'fi. It will be a triang-ulur Wect with Amherst, Clear-Vow and Olierlin competing. The make up of the Amherst team is not yet certain according to reports from the practice field. In the three meets before the Lengtie Meet on May 9th at Oberlin and the Ulstriet Meet the following wck nt Clearview, the Amherst siU;nl will be shifted In numerous ways, the boys will compote 1n different events in nn effort to determine the strongest possible combinations. In a district meet it Is not necessary to enter every event. The lar.s:e number of schools entfiing makes it possible for a team to win by taking just a few places in a few events. That Is being held out as the goal of this season's track team. Ijich, H.invkls, Mlhuta, Sharp and VanK."iren are the nucleus of the squad. lis failure or success will depend upon their work and upon how .vi 11 the other members can bo used to get the most out of the few known qualities present on this year's squad. Pen ton, Y.mllaun, and Ruth have all looked fair and may help the Comets conn! through In spite of the smnll turnout. FIREMEN BATTLE QUARRY WOOD FIRE Amherst liremen faced one of the most stubborn woods Hires of recent years when they were call ed to the old Clough's Quarry Tues dav afteriMon. The fire was raging over an area more than a mil Ion? when the fire departmen arrived through woods owned by Norm Xli'ler and The Clevelan Quarries Co. So extensive was the fire when the firemen arrived that no off or was made to combat It. All effor was toward keeping the fire from traveling across the road Into an other woods. HOSPITAL NOTES Twin girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. Aloys. Schwarz of Frarklin Avenuo. The daughters have been named, Janet Louise and Jane Cecelia. Admitted recently were Mrs. Homer Clark, Norwalk, who gave birth to a baby girl; Mrs. Tom Nelson, South AmherBt; and Carl Zabel, &. T). Amherst April 29 - May 3 Are Uean-lp Dates Clean-Vp week in Amherst will uefcln April 2:ilh and con tinuo through May 3rd, council decided Tuesday night. Am-herat residents will have their winter's accumulaiion of ashes, cans and other rubbish collected If it is placed at the curb in containers that can lie handled by two men. Mayor John H. Michael and the council urge all residents to clean up their back yards, and other places where rubbish might accumulate ami have It ready to hauled away during 'he ilavs set Ministers To Conduct Summer Bible School The regular meeting of the Amherst Ministerial Association was held Tuesday noon at Vicki's Restaurant. In attendance were Rev. Burris of the Methodist church, Rev. Kuntz or the Congregational, and Rev. Maxwell of the First Evangelical. During the business meeting a resolution was passed to conduct daily vacation Bible school. The school will commence the Monday following the close of the public schools, the place to be announced later. Routine business was also transacted. Theological' questions were discussed by the ministers fo-lowing the business session, Town Pays $186 To Fight Fires It cost Amherst Village $180.00 ill ixtia pay for firemen toasiht grass (ires wltnln the past .'eek, council was told last Tuesday night. That amount of money was ipyroved for payment at the council meeting. Fifty two dollars of the amount iis for firemen's pay answering ownship calls, which Is paid for bv the township. Nine grass tires were answered. five of which required two hours ach, and the other four one hour acli, to extinguish. Amherst firemen will soni have -cine new equipment with which to fK'ht fires. Council approved the I purchase ot four Indian Kire I'timpn, a portable pump contain-iius five gallons of water and which an be carried on the backs of firemen. These are useful In fight ing grass fires, as well as building llres. The firemen will also have n w brooms for grass fires, but he chief was authorized to sub stitute a new type of slimel for this purpose If he found them more advantageous. Mrs. Tom Bruce Is New P.T.A. President Mrs. Tom Rruce will head the Amherst PTA next year us a result of the vole of the group last Tuesday nif,'ht. Other officers chosen for next year lire: Earl Cotton, vice president; Miss .Margaret Schneider, secretary and Fred Hogret'e, treasurer. The group heard John Frederic Shreiner, of Olierlin, talk on ".la-pan and Axis Politics in the Fa." Kasi". lie was introduced by Wade limns. Shrelner said if I)rltain wins the present war conditions In the Orient will remain much as they hre today, but If Germany wins Japan will be forced to ikt' iul her interests. FORMER AMHERST MAN AT FT. JACKCON A letter was received the past week nymr. ana - " Kl'll 1IUI1I lliUU BUU, VI. ix. JU. Hengen, who has been in the military service at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, since the first of the year. Dr. Hcngcn is in the hospital of the 34th Infantry, Medical De- tachment and is working in the Dispensary. Dr. Hengen's wife motored to South Carolina a few weeks ago to Join her husband. Richard Youngless and Russell Fritz will be hosts when members of the Ventures class meet Monday evening. SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Borrow $3800 On Private Note For Light Plant Bldg. Eleven Amherst men borrowed. $3, 800 on their joint note in order to raise sufficient money to meet the requirements of PWA for the construction of the Amherst electric light plant. The money was borrowed from the bank, then deposited in a special account known as the "Special Electric Generating Plant Construction Fund." Information on this transaction became public last Monday when Don Granger, manager of the local bank, under subpoena from the court, produced the bank records showing the account. -f The case is a taxpayer's suit, Pick Nominees For Youth Week Campaign enthusiasm is reach-!ine ing a new "high" in the selection of candidates for the city offices for Bovs' and Girls' Week nnu, being sponsored by the Amherst Rotary club. After these offic- ers have been elected, they will reign for one day, May 6. At at two party caucus conducted by the members of the Senior class in American history the following" ballots were prepared. These will be voted on Friday. The slates of each party are as follows: Democrats: mayor, Jim Wesbccher; council, Joan Brown, Dan Mihuta, Betty Roth, Albert Tyson, Betty Harris and Russell Krieg; policemen, Burnette Hay-nes and Henry Sharp; policewoman, Leona Dybinski; and fire chief, Bill Bruce. The Republican slate consists 6f: mayor, Charles Hamann; council, Bernadine Donnelly, Marjorie Brill, Donald Schiefer-stein, Yvonne McQueen, Mary Abraham For policemen the Republicans will chose Albin Wagner and Herbert Morris; policewoman, Dorothy Brucker, and fire chief, Nile Hill. The following students from the Senior class of the Amherst high school have been selected to publish the Amherst News-Times on Friday, May 9th; for editor, John Ruth; business manager, James Schulz, and reporter, Shir- ley Sweet. The medals and trophies to be awarded during Boys' and Girls' Week have been received and will be on display at the J. B. Avvery Jewelry store on and after Friday of this week. To be eligible for any one of these awards, it will be necessary to fill out an official entry blank which may be secured from Tom Finnegan at the Amherst Hardware on and after Friday of this week. If you are planning to enter one of the contests, be sure and get your entry blank in early. MRS. ALICE LUNN DIED AT SANATORIUM Funeral services were held Tuesday morning for an Amherst resident of 45 years. Mrs. Alice Lunn died early Saturday evening in the Pleasantview Sanator ium, having been confined there for a month. She had been ill for some time. Mrs. Lunn was the wife of Albert Lunn of Milan-av. Surviv ors include hcr husband and one sister, Mrs. Florence Lawson of Detroit. Rev. Fr. James H. Smith officiated at the burial which was held in St. Joseph's church and burial, in charge of the O. H. Baker Co., took place In St. Joseph's cemetery at Ormsby's corners.WAR RELIEF WORK - j DISPLAYED AT TEA The nccdle-work which the local ladies have been doing for 'the benefit of the British war re- lief was on display at the Lorain j Daughters of Scotland tea held j in Canadian legion hall, Lorain last Saturday. Six sweaters, 15 pairs of socks and one pair of mittens were exhibited as projects completed thus far by the Amherst ladles. Mrs. James Miller, chairman of the workers, attended the Lor ain tea with her husband. I brought by Harold Rickett, and is being heard before Judge Guy B.' Findley in Common Pleas Court. An audit of the electric light plant funds, including the build- and constrctin accounts, is ! being made this week by Swear" 1 infien and Swearingen, Cleveland i certified public accountants. The audit was ordered when Judge c lnQley eranlea 8 mouon y lne H. asking for the audit. Hearing on the case was postponed until next Monday when the audit is expected to be complete.The $3,800 raised by the note, and deposited under the title of "Special Electric Generating Plant Construction Fund," is governed by a special escrow agreement, signed by C. E. Cooper, and is to be disbursed upon the written order of Cooper in accordance with certain conditions. Four conditions were named in the escrow agreement, any one or more being sufficient for the withdrawal of the funds. These conditions provided for payments from the fund as follows: 1. To any contractor upon estimates approved by the consulting engineer. 2. The return of any unexpended balance to Cooper should the village deposit into the Electric Generating Plant Construction Fund or Electric Light Fund Building and Equipment Account, such sum of money as is necessary to complete the project; 3. Upon the tender of the money or any part thereof, to the Village, and the passing of a resolution of the Council accepting the money; and 4. Upon the completion of the project and its acceptance by the village, or the abandonment of the project. BID BASED ON SKINNER ENGINE C. K. Henry, the successful engine bidder, was another witness. He testified that his bid, placed last May, was for a Skinner engine but at the time of the signing of the contract an Ames engine was agreed upon. He said he received five copies of the contract to be signed about December 5th, and these were signed a few days" later. Henry testified that he could not comply with the time limit in the contract because the engine manufacturer could not supply the engine within a short enough time to make Installation, within the time limit. He also declared that costs now are be tween 20 and 30 per cent higher than at the tfme he accepted the contract. William Barber and Charles Miller, clerks of the board and village, were Monday witnesses. Their testimony was largely rou tine, Miller's testimony, however, disclosing that officially he does not have any Information regarding the $3,800 borrowed on the note and deposited in the bank in the village's name. COSTS ARE raGHER i Floyd G. Browne, consulting engineer, admitted on the witness stand that costs of the plant are higher now than in May, 1940. He thought that some materials might be 10 higher. ' He also thought labor was high er than a year ago. He testified that the plant would operate at a full load about 500 hours a year. All the testimony relative to the finances of the plant construction was admitted with the reservation that the court rule on Its relevancy later. England's Dover harbor covors 600 acres and cost $20,000,000. ft

The Amherst News-Times VOL XXIII, NUMBER i FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941 So. Main St. To Get Water Soon Wider cxtentions in the new Wottring allotment and along South Maln-Pt. wlil be made shortly. Council adjourned their Tuesday night meeting until tonight (Thursday) tor the purpose of pausing a resolution promising to repay the water company the full cost of the extentions if the village buyr, the water company within two years. The South Maln-st. extentions have been wanted by residents there for the past two years, but the uncertain future of the water company, due to council's declara tion of intention to buy the plant, caused the delay. Council tonight will also adopt a resolution to accept Sunset drive and ldlewood drive in the Wottring allotment. Acceptance by the village is preliminary to the installation of water and gas mains in the streets. Council also authorized the purchase ot two clock stations for the police. One will be placed at the Ohio Cut Stone plant and the other hold In reserve for use later. A resolution to issue notes in j'.'.illcipatWm of the issuance o bonds for tne Crosse-st. sewei improvement was passed. A resolution to employ an assistant clerk failed to pass as an emergency when Councilman Herman Rot-sing refused to vote in favor of it. Another resolution fixing the fees of Solicitor Milton Tried man for services in the JUcKett cases, ulso failed to pass when Ecesing Bald he wished to consider, the resolution further before voting on it. "Tin Hero" Set For Tonite and Friday It's Ham Actors Night tonight (Thursday) at the townhall, Svgrytmr.S is in readiness and a full house is expected for the first night presentation of "The Tin Hero," the three-act fa"ce 0f the Ham Actors' Assr.datl"on of the Amherst high -,chool. There will be a 8ecOr;d night Friday The asf,ciati0n is presenting the pl'y for the benefit of the Am!erst Band Mothers' club. !" The cast of "The Tin Hero" Includes Hnrjry Hall, Betty Shad-duck, Maynard Bruckef Betty Barris, Naomi Reichert, Albin Wncr, Leona Dybinskl, Jim VJiihelm, Elaine Bruce, Betty Roth, Marjorie Brill and Evelyis Rahl. There Will be tousle between acts furnished by Wayne Heller, Charles and Elaine Ha-mann, Ray Wragg and Jim Bauer.Circle To Sponsor Spaghetti Supper Mrs. Rose Plato, Mrs. Minnie Ttarcker, Mrs. William Schrader, Mrs. James Henry and Mrs. Joseph Henry were guests of circle one of St. Ann's society when members were entertained by Mrs. James liyun and Mrs. Floyd Lodge Mon day evening. Plans for an Italian spaghetti supper . were started during the business meeting. Committees for the affair were named by the presi dent, Mrs. Michael Wohlever but no date for the supper has been net. It will be announced In the near future. Routine bnsiness -was also conducted during the session. Tables were placed for five hundred and trophies were awarded to Mrs. Frank Franklin and Mrs. Albert Schmitz. Lunch was served nt small tables by the hostess. INSPECT MASONIC LODGE APRIL 29 Stonlngton LodKO, F. and A. M. will hold their annual Inspection Tuesday evening, April 29th. A. J. Plocher, district lecturer, will be the inspecting officer. At 6:30 dinner will precede the meeting, and wlll be served in the basement ot the Methodist church. Lodge meeting will open at 7:30 p. m. Chinese use kites wit whistles attached to drive off evil spirits. SPRING PLOWING Those warm, sunny days of hv trip farmpra nearKv I nnA were planted on the nearby farms. Top picture shows J. W. Portman plowing the field he will plant oats in: second picture shows P. Vanderoord and his daughter, Alida planting beets in their garden plot; third picture show Joe Rising behind the plow on a tract owned by Parker Baird, and in the bottom picture A. Reimer is plowing a garden tract. Clce Club At St. The Oberlin College Men's gram of sacred music at the St. Peter's Church. The Herald and Boston, Tuesday Morning, May 1. 1838 (By Mrs. F. R. Powers) Singular and Interesting Oc currence: A respectable woman having left her child, an Infant of 2 years of age, to play about the door while she attended to some nousenoia auues, wen she was disengaged to look for her charge. The urchin could, barely crawl, and she expected to find it at the door. There how- nl Ji t L ever, it was not, and the mother,, o in considerable alarm, called n'FnlflrffN MpmWsilin several of the neighbors, to in- ljIllargCS luemDerWlip quire if they had seen her child.! No one had seen it; and as con-j siderable time had elapsed in' making fruitless inquiries, the anxiety and tears of the poor wo-1 man became proportionately aug-, mented. Parents only can judge j bers were welcomed Into the of her feelings when no trace of; l-:urtie by Mrs. Charles Ebbs, the her child could be found. The, '- jder and Rev. ('. E. Schmidt wn neighbors kindly assisted hcr in In charpe of the pvening's service making strict inquisition i n p iose admitted into the group were every well, pig-stye, henroot, orij,.annB jt.iri, Marilyn Webster, out of the way corner, for the j nrothy Miller, Charts Woir. liny wandered wean. He was, how- i K()l.h c,rwe Vollmer. ever no where to be found, and; Th(i r dPVOl,onnl m,!(!tin as a last resource, it was resolved that the bell should be sent through the town. In the meantime the mother, in a state bor- dcrlng on distraction, went into her house to rummage every hole and bunker, bed and cupboard. While thus employed, one of her sympathizing friends happened to cast her eyes to the gable of a neighboring house, and there, with surprise and horror, discovered the lost child perched on a ladder, and within a few steps of Its very top, apparently quite and PLANTING 4 $ r I II . VrV . v -J'' S-ea iv Mi? i V c j: 4Uj iast week Were taken advantage mi nlrlwprl anrl oarApn ct fAa I Peter's Cliurcli Glee Club will furnish a pro IU:JU service bunday morning in Star Speaking delighted with its state of exaltation. A lady endeavored to induce the ambitious mite to come down; but no, it shook its head and sat fast. She then tried to go up the ladder, but half way up her head grew giddy, and she was obliged to descend without accompHshing hcr object. The mother was informed by this time that the chi,d was found but her may be more (Continued on page four) The Intermediate league or St. ''''ler's church ndmltted into its neiubership the six young people f the 1!H1 confirmation class Monday evenin,'. The new mem- The regular began with devotions led by Rob-i ert Rrucker mid as his topic he i tnd, "The Lord Is Risen". The preludo end call to worship was uiven by Ruth Schulz while Norma Barckert offered the prayer. The restirreotlon ttory according to the four gospels was read by Phillip Holllday, Richard Ehrman, Wayne Heller and Claire Coverdale. Games and contests concluded the evening's program with lunch served by Ruth Hasenpflug and Elaine Hamann. Builders Eye New Allotment Council's acceptance of Idle-wood drive again focused attention on a new section of Amherst that promised to become one of the prettiest residential sections of the town. This new section, winding through the old Shupe woods, first came to light a year ago last fall when the first street was opened. ldlewood drive is the second street in the section that retains much of the natural beauty of the Shupe woods, with its lore of early Amherst days. The first street was Foresthill drive. A third street, known as Sunset drive, is a continuation of Shupe avenue and later will be developed deeper into the woods to form a circle. Builders have already been attracted to the section. Mr. and Mrs. Hansman were the first to build and have been occupying their residence for some time. Other home builders who will be active this season are Dr. Marion Brandon, Henry Kane and Ray Kane all three of whom j will build on ldlewood drive, j and John Neisen, Hale Bcchtel ! and C. W. Knisple who are ex-I pected to build soon on Forest- hill drive. Five of the new houses planned will be of brick construction, while the sixth, that of Dr. Brandon, will be of frame and sandstone.By no means, however, is this considered all the building that jwill be done in Amherst this spring. All sections of the town ! show signs of building activity, ! with basements already dug, frames erected, and other evi- dunces of new homes indicating a building activity not exceeded 10 many "ea S' First Track Meet Friday Thfi local scliniil track team opens its sein'iui ut Clearview this Friday at t 'fi. It will be a triang-ulur Wect with Amherst, Clear-Vow and Olierlin competing. The make up of the Amherst team is not yet certain according to reports from the practice field. In the three meets before the Lengtie Meet on May 9th at Oberlin and the Ulstriet Meet the following wck nt Clearview, the Amherst siU;nl will be shifted In numerous ways, the boys will compote 1n different events in nn effort to determine the strongest possible combinations. In a district meet it Is not necessary to enter every event. The lar.s:e number of schools entfiing makes it possible for a team to win by taking just a few places in a few events. That Is being held out as the goal of this season's track team. Ijich, H.invkls, Mlhuta, Sharp and VanK."iren are the nucleus of the squad. lis failure or success will depend upon their work and upon how .vi 11 the other members can bo used to get the most out of the few known qualities present on this year's squad. Pen ton, Y.mllaun, and Ruth have all looked fair and may help the Comets conn! through In spite of the smnll turnout. FIREMEN BATTLE QUARRY WOOD FIRE Amherst liremen faced one of the most stubborn woods Hires of recent years when they were call ed to the old Clough's Quarry Tues dav afteriMon. The fire was raging over an area more than a mil Ion? when the fire departmen arrived through woods owned by Norm Xli'ler and The Clevelan Quarries Co. So extensive was the fire when the firemen arrived that no off or was made to combat It. All effor was toward keeping the fire from traveling across the road Into an other woods. HOSPITAL NOTES Twin girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. Aloys. Schwarz of Frarklin Avenuo. The daughters have been named, Janet Louise and Jane Cecelia. Admitted recently were Mrs. Homer Clark, Norwalk, who gave birth to a baby girl; Mrs. Tom Nelson, South AmherBt; and Carl Zabel, &. T). Amherst April 29 - May 3 Are Uean-lp Dates Clean-Vp week in Amherst will uefcln April 2:ilh and con tinuo through May 3rd, council decided Tuesday night. Am-herat residents will have their winter's accumulaiion of ashes, cans and other rubbish collected If it is placed at the curb in containers that can lie handled by two men. Mayor John H. Michael and the council urge all residents to clean up their back yards, and other places where rubbish might accumulate ami have It ready to hauled away during 'he ilavs set Ministers To Conduct Summer Bible School The regular meeting of the Amherst Ministerial Association was held Tuesday noon at Vicki's Restaurant. In attendance were Rev. Burris of the Methodist church, Rev. Kuntz or the Congregational, and Rev. Maxwell of the First Evangelical. During the business meeting a resolution was passed to conduct daily vacation Bible school. The school will commence the Monday following the close of the public schools, the place to be announced later. Routine business was also transacted. Theological' questions were discussed by the ministers fo-lowing the business session, Town Pays $186 To Fight Fires It cost Amherst Village $180.00 ill ixtia pay for firemen toasiht grass (ires wltnln the past .'eek, council was told last Tuesday night. That amount of money was ipyroved for payment at the council meeting. Fifty two dollars of the amount iis for firemen's pay answering ownship calls, which Is paid for bv the township. Nine grass tires were answered. five of which required two hours ach, and the other four one hour acli, to extinguish. Amherst firemen will soni have -cine new equipment with which to fK'ht fires. Council approved the I purchase ot four Indian Kire I'timpn, a portable pump contain-iius five gallons of water and which an be carried on the backs of firemen. These are useful In fight ing grass fires, as well as building llres. The firemen will also have n w brooms for grass fires, but he chief was authorized to sub stitute a new type of slimel for this purpose If he found them more advantageous. Mrs. Tom Bruce Is New P.T.A. President Mrs. Tom Rruce will head the Amherst PTA next year us a result of the vole of the group last Tuesday nif,'ht. Other officers chosen for next year lire: Earl Cotton, vice president; Miss .Margaret Schneider, secretary and Fred Hogret'e, treasurer. The group heard John Frederic Shreiner, of Olierlin, talk on ".la-pan and Axis Politics in the Fa." Kasi". lie was introduced by Wade limns. Shrelner said if I)rltain wins the present war conditions In the Orient will remain much as they hre today, but If Germany wins Japan will be forced to ikt' iul her interests. FORMER AMHERST MAN AT FT. JACKCON A letter was received the past week nymr. ana - " Kl'll 1IUI1I lliUU BUU, VI. ix. JU. Hengen, who has been in the military service at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, since the first of the year. Dr. Hcngcn is in the hospital of the 34th Infantry, Medical De- tachment and is working in the Dispensary. Dr. Hengen's wife motored to South Carolina a few weeks ago to Join her husband. Richard Youngless and Russell Fritz will be hosts when members of the Ventures class meet Monday evening. SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Borrow $3800 On Private Note For Light Plant Bldg. Eleven Amherst men borrowed. $3, 800 on their joint note in order to raise sufficient money to meet the requirements of PWA for the construction of the Amherst electric light plant. The money was borrowed from the bank, then deposited in a special account known as the "Special Electric Generating Plant Construction Fund." Information on this transaction became public last Monday when Don Granger, manager of the local bank, under subpoena from the court, produced the bank records showing the account. -f The case is a taxpayer's suit, Pick Nominees For Youth Week Campaign enthusiasm is reach-!ine ing a new "high" in the selection of candidates for the city offices for Bovs' and Girls' Week nnu, being sponsored by the Amherst Rotary club. After these offic- ers have been elected, they will reign for one day, May 6. At at two party caucus conducted by the members of the Senior class in American history the following" ballots were prepared. These will be voted on Friday. The slates of each party are as follows: Democrats: mayor, Jim Wesbccher; council, Joan Brown, Dan Mihuta, Betty Roth, Albert Tyson, Betty Harris and Russell Krieg; policemen, Burnette Hay-nes and Henry Sharp; policewoman, Leona Dybinski; and fire chief, Bill Bruce. The Republican slate consists 6f: mayor, Charles Hamann; council, Bernadine Donnelly, Marjorie Brill, Donald Schiefer-stein, Yvonne McQueen, Mary Abraham For policemen the Republicans will chose Albin Wagner and Herbert Morris; policewoman, Dorothy Brucker, and fire chief, Nile Hill. The following students from the Senior class of the Amherst high school have been selected to publish the Amherst News-Times on Friday, May 9th; for editor, John Ruth; business manager, James Schulz, and reporter, Shir- ley Sweet. The medals and trophies to be awarded during Boys' and Girls' Week have been received and will be on display at the J. B. Avvery Jewelry store on and after Friday of this week. To be eligible for any one of these awards, it will be necessary to fill out an official entry blank which may be secured from Tom Finnegan at the Amherst Hardware on and after Friday of this week. If you are planning to enter one of the contests, be sure and get your entry blank in early. MRS. ALICE LUNN DIED AT SANATORIUM Funeral services were held Tuesday morning for an Amherst resident of 45 years. Mrs. Alice Lunn died early Saturday evening in the Pleasantview Sanator ium, having been confined there for a month. She had been ill for some time. Mrs. Lunn was the wife of Albert Lunn of Milan-av. Surviv ors include hcr husband and one sister, Mrs. Florence Lawson of Detroit. Rev. Fr. James H. Smith officiated at the burial which was held in St. Joseph's church and burial, in charge of the O. H. Baker Co., took place In St. Joseph's cemetery at Ormsby's corners.WAR RELIEF WORK - j DISPLAYED AT TEA The nccdle-work which the local ladies have been doing for 'the benefit of the British war re- lief was on display at the Lorain j Daughters of Scotland tea held j in Canadian legion hall, Lorain last Saturday. Six sweaters, 15 pairs of socks and one pair of mittens were exhibited as projects completed thus far by the Amherst ladles. Mrs. James Miller, chairman of the workers, attended the Lor ain tea with her husband. I brought by Harold Rickett, and is being heard before Judge Guy B.' Findley in Common Pleas Court. An audit of the electric light plant funds, including the build- and constrctin accounts, is ! being made this week by Swear" 1 infien and Swearingen, Cleveland i certified public accountants. The audit was ordered when Judge c lnQley eranlea 8 mouon y lne H. asking for the audit. Hearing on the case was postponed until next Monday when the audit is expected to be complete.The $3,800 raised by the note, and deposited under the title of "Special Electric Generating Plant Construction Fund," is governed by a special escrow agreement, signed by C. E. Cooper, and is to be disbursed upon the written order of Cooper in accordance with certain conditions. Four conditions were named in the escrow agreement, any one or more being sufficient for the withdrawal of the funds. These conditions provided for payments from the fund as follows: 1. To any contractor upon estimates approved by the consulting engineer. 2. The return of any unexpended balance to Cooper should the village deposit into the Electric Generating Plant Construction Fund or Electric Light Fund Building and Equipment Account, such sum of money as is necessary to complete the project; 3. Upon the tender of the money or any part thereof, to the Village, and the passing of a resolution of the Council accepting the money; and 4. Upon the completion of the project and its acceptance by the village, or the abandonment of the project. BID BASED ON SKINNER ENGINE C. K. Henry, the successful engine bidder, was another witness. He testified that his bid, placed last May, was for a Skinner engine but at the time of the signing of the contract an Ames engine was agreed upon. He said he received five copies of the contract to be signed about December 5th, and these were signed a few days" later. Henry testified that he could not comply with the time limit in the contract because the engine manufacturer could not supply the engine within a short enough time to make Installation, within the time limit. He also declared that costs now are be tween 20 and 30 per cent higher than at the tfme he accepted the contract. William Barber and Charles Miller, clerks of the board and village, were Monday witnesses. Their testimony was largely rou tine, Miller's testimony, however, disclosing that officially he does not have any Information regarding the $3,800 borrowed on the note and deposited in the bank in the village's name. COSTS ARE raGHER i Floyd G. Browne, consulting engineer, admitted on the witness stand that costs of the plant are higher now than in May, 1940. He thought that some materials might be 10 higher. ' He also thought labor was high er than a year ago. He testified that the plant would operate at a full load about 500 hours a year. All the testimony relative to the finances of the plant construction was admitted with the reservation that the court rule on Its relevancy later. England's Dover harbor covors 600 acres and cost $20,000,000. ft